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A 19-year-old woman comes to the physician requesting an oral contraceptive. She is sexually active with one partner. She underwent a splenectomy 3 years ago after sustaining blunt trauma to the abdomen. Her vital signs are within normal limits. Physical exam shows a well-healed, midline abdominal scar. Labs show the presence of Howell-Jolly bodies in the erythrocytes. The patient is at greatest risk for mortality if she develops an infection with which of the following organisms?
A) Candida albicans
B) Moraxella catarrhalis
C) Mycoplasma pneumonia
D) Neisseria gonorrhea
E) Streptococcus pneumonia
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| AnaidaMD
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